I started with the Baby Board Book Template and then changed it so much that you won't really recognize which page it's from.

This page really summarizes the drama on our recent trip to Europe.

From the time we landed in Paris, Teagan would NOT eat.

I guess the food was slightly different than at home. I know that children really like to control things when they feel out of control, and sometimes the only thing they can control is their behaviour. So, rationally I UNDERSTAND why she wasn't eating.

But OH, the drama...

We spent 5 days in Paris and Venice, and then got on the Cruise ship in Venice.

Then we put the kid in Kids Camp so that Brad and I could actually get some rest.

Well Kids Camp was feeding them tons of sugar and crap.

You know, ice cream, cookies, cake...

And Teagan was still refusing to eat at meals.

With all that sugar and very little sustinance, she got sick.

She started throwing up at Kids Camp and spent the day in the infirmary as

Brad and I were on a tour.

Then she was confined to our stateroom for 2 days.

They take the possibility of Novovirus VERY seriously on cruise ships.

Our room was sanitized (TWICE).

Even though the doctor agreed that we were most likely right about why she was throwing up, they needed to follow protocol. Once she was confined to our stateroom, that meant that one of us was confined as well. We finally got some electrolyte powder from the doctor and had a huge stand off with Teagan about making her drink it before she could leave the stateroom. I'm sure everyone on our end of the boat got to hear Brad yelling at her.

But she drank it.

And she got better.

And she started eating...

Well - eating more than she was before.

And we told Kids Camp to restrict her sugar intake.

And all was well until we tred to get off the boat in Pompei and her security clearance wasn't updated and we were almost late for our tour.

And then at dinner that night, my son ate too much and threw up on the table in the fancy restaurant...

Thank goodness we had a great relationship with the medical staff by this point.

And they believed me when I told them that Connor wasn't sick and they didn't restrict ALL of us to the stateroom.

Monday, July 30, 2012

So after many, many, many, many hours spent tranferring MDS to my newer computer I finally sat down to play. Transferring all those files took hours, and hours. I got my new laptop around Christmastime and i was dreading the transfer of MDS so I put it off, and put it off, and then I heard about MDS 2. So I decided to wait until I heard more about it. Well, MDS 2 arrives on Wednesday, so I finally bit the bullet, and transferred it all over this past weekend. Now I'm totally ready for the MDS2 upgrade when it arrives on Wednesday.

I have all these A-dorable photos of Teagan from her dance recital in June. I finally sat down and tried out the Walk In The Park II kit that I haven't used yet.

She looked soo cute in her little tutu. And with her hair in a bun, I think she felt like a princess.

During the concert she looked so serious. I think she was searching for us in the crowd. It's her first time on stage in the spotlights. We prepared her for the fact that she probably wouldn't be able to see us in the audience, but she tried to find us anyway.

Here's a look at the two page layout. When I get MDS 2 in a few days, I'll be able to do this right in the program itself. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

I knew I wanted to scrap this photo of Teagan in the pink Hello Kitty Volkswagon Convertible.

I took this photo last week, in Barcelona. We found these little carousels all over Europe. Someone pointed out to me that the Europeans really live out on the street as they don't really have backyards in the cities.

For this page I used the "On The Go" digital kit and stamped the images in the challenge colours. Then I copied and repeated them to make the little banner on the left of the page.

Yesterday was my hubby's 35th birthday. I decided to pull out the set Memorable Moments, yet again. I just love the numbers and sentiments. This set is perfect for personalizing a birthday or anniversary card.

On our trip through Europe I found myself completely overwhelmed and surprised by all the patterns that I saw. So I decided to take lots of pictures of them and use them to create a series of cards.

Here's the first card in that series.

The card above was inspired by the marble patterns that I saw in Florence and Pisa, Italy.

I used this photo taken of the cathedral in Pisa.

Everyone knows all about the famous bell tower which stands beside it.